Accident at Fitzroy Falls. Fall of Fifty Feet Over a Cliff. a Marvellous Escape
Evening News · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 6
MOSS VALE, Tuesday.—Intense excitement was caused in town last night when a messenger arrived from Fitzroy Falls to summon Dr. Stevenson to see Mr A G [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Peculiar Accident. to a Bondi Tram
Evening News · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 2
A peculiar accident happened the last tram which left Sondi Beach on Saturday night. Alter the tram had gone some distance a jolting sensation startled the passengers, and the attention of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Court. (Before Acting Judge Scholes.) Action on a Street Accident. Opitz v. Evans
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 3
Mr. Waddy, instructed by Mr. Quinlan, for the plaintiff; Mr. Ralston, instructed by Mr. W. Cope, for the defendant. Marcus Opitz, of 29 George-street West, sued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tramway Accident. Gillman v. the Railway Commissioners
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 3
Mr.James, instructed by Mr.P.E.Tighe, appeared for the plaintiff, Mary Gillman, who, as an infant, sued through her next friend, John Henry Gillman; Mr.Pilcher, Q.C.,and Mr.C.B.Stephen,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fall of the Darling River. Accident to a Steamer. Bourke
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 5
The steamer Moira, travelling from Wilcannia to Rourke, struck a snag near Yanda, 30 miles from hore, early on Saturday morning, and sank within 15 minutes. A plank in the bottom of the hull was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Street Accident. Claim fop Damages
The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 7
In the District Count today, before Acting Judge Scholes, Marcus Opitz, 29 George-street West, sued Dr. Thomas Evans, of 211 Macquarie-street North, claiming £200…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Tramway Accident. a Man Killed at Marrickville
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 5
A man whose name had not been ascertained up to an early hour this morning, met with a terribly sudden death at Marrickville at 9.35 last night. He wanted to catch a tram to Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at Darlinghurst. an Embankment Falls In
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 3
A man named Edward Hughes was killed at about 3 p.m. yesterday through the falling in of an embankment at the Darlinghurst Police Station. A new building is in course of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Marrickville Tram Accident. Gillman V. the Railway Commissioners
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 3
In No. 2 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice O'Connor and a jury of four, an action was heard, in which Mary Gillman, through her next friend, John Henry Gillman, sued the Railway Commissioners to recover £500 damages for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the Bondi Tram. an Extraordinary Occurrence
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1899 · page 7
A correspondent writes:--The last tram from Bondi Beach on Saturday night met with an unusual accident. After leaving Bondi Beach and reaching the top of the hill, a jolting sensation aroused the feeling of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Narrow Escape From Drowning
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 8
As an instance of the services rendered by the Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Timuury) in providing additional life-saving appliancea along the dungerous Newcastle beach, it should be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Marrickville Fatality
The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 7
The City Coroner to-day made inquiry into the shocking tram fatality of which a man named William Gordon was the victim at Marrickville last night. The deceased, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An Old Man Killed. Supposed Railway Fatality
The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 5
While the 6.27 train from Fern Hill to Sydney was travelling along tho Belmore line yesterday evening the guard noticed a man lying inanimate at the side of the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marrickvile Tram Fatality. (Continued from yesterday's first edition.)
Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3
Mr. Joseph Dolton. secretary to the School of Arts, whose name appeared on a receipt for 2s 6d, and which was found in Gordon's purse, informed the police at North Sydney that W. T. Gordon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scalded to Death. Fatality at a Meat Preserving Works
The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3
Edward M'Mahon, aged 19, residing in Smith-street, Parramatta, was fatally, scalded at the Sydney Meat Preserving Works, Auburn, yesterday. It appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fall Over a Precipice. a Clergyman Seriously Injured
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 5
BOWRAL, Tuesday.--While with a picnic party yesterday afternoon at Fitzroy Falls, the Rev. G. A. Gordon, B.A., Presbyterian minister in Charge of Bowral circuit, had a miraculous escape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Fatality. A Man Scalded to Death at the Meat Words
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 2
Early yesterday at the Sydney Meat Preserving Co.'s works, Auburn, a young man named Edward McMahon was scalded so extensively that his death resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall Over a Cliff. the Rev. G. A. Gordon Severely Injured. Moss Vale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 7
Yesterday afternoon the Rev. G. A. Gordon, B.A., Presbyteriau minister of Bowral, who formed ono of a patty of picnickers to the Fitzroy Falla, about 11 miles distant from Moss Vale, descended the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fitzroy Falls Accident. Further Particulars. a Perilous Rescue
Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 3
BOWRAL, Tuesday Afternoon.—An accident occured in connection with a picnic party of Bowral and Burradoo residents to Fitzroy Falls yesterday. The Rev. G. A. Gordon, Presbyterian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to the Wyrallah
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1899 · page 8
Contain S. Boulden reports that the Coraki crossed the Manning bar at 3 p.m. on March 20, and arrived in portst 11 a.m. on March 21. Had variable winds and smooth sea. Took the Wyrallah disabled in tow off the Seal Rocks…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →